| Cardiff | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
| 1542–1918 | |
| Number of members | one |
| Replaced by | Cardiff Central, Cardiff East and Cardiff South |
Cardiff was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Cardiff in South Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1918 general election.
Contents |
| Parliament | Member |
|---|---|
| 1542 | John Thomas Bassett |
| 1545 | Unknown |
| 1547 | John Cock, sat for Calne, repl. by Sir Philip Hoby |
| 1553 (Mar) | ?David Evans |
| 1553 (Oct) | David Evans |
| 1554 (Apr) | David Evans |
| 1554 (Nov) | William Colchester |
| 1555 | William Herbert |
| 1558 | Lleisan Pryce |
| 1559 | David Evans |
| 1562/3 | Henry Lewes |
| 1571 | Henry Morgan |
| 1572 | David Roberts |
| 1584 | Nicholas Herbert |
| 1586 | George Lewys |
| 1588 | Gabriel Lewys |
| 1593 | David Roberts |
| 1597 | Nicholas Hawkins |
| 1601 | William Lewis |
| 1604 | Matthew Davies |
| 1614 | Matthew Davies |
| 1621 | William Herbert |
| 1624 | William Price |
| 1625 | William Price |
| 1626 | William Price |
| 1628 | Lewis Morgan |
| 1629-1640 | No Parliaments summoned |
| 1640 | William Herbert killed at Battle of Edgehill 1642 |
| 1642-1645 | Not represented |
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1645 | Algernon Sidney | ||
| 1653 | Not represented in Barebones Parliament | ||
| 1654 | John Price | ||
| 1656 | John Price | ||
| 1659 | John Price | ||
| 1660 | Bussy Mansell | ||
| 1661 | Sir Richard Lloyd | ||
| 1661 | William Bassett | ||
| 1661 | Robert Thomas | ||
| 1681 | Bussy Mansell | ||
| 1685 | Francis Gwyn | ||
| 1689 | Thomas Mansel | Tory | |
| 1698 | Sir Edward Stradling, Bt | ||
| 1701 | Thomas Mansel | ||
| 1706 | Sir John Aubrey, Bt | ||
| 1710 | Sir Edward Stradling, Bt | ||
| 1722 | Edward Stradling | ||
| 1727 | Bussy Mansel | Tory | |
| 1734 | Herbert Windsor | ||
| 1739 | Herbert Mackworth | ||
| 1766 | Herbert Mackworth | ||
| 1790 | Lord Mount Stuart | Tory | |
| 1794 | Lord Evelyn Stuart | Tory | |
| 1802 | Lord William Stuart | Tory | |
| 1814 | Lord Evelyn Stuart | Tory | |
| 1818 | Lord Patrick Crichton-Stuart | ||
| 1820 | Wyndham Lewis | ||
| 1826 | Lord Patrick Crichton-Stuart | ||
| 1832 | Franchise extended under Reform Act 1832 | ||
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | John Iltyd Nicholl | Conservative | |
| 1852 | Walter Coffin | Whig | |
| 1857 | James Crichton-Stuart | Whig | |
| 1880 | Sir Edward James Reed | Liberal | |
| 1895 | James Mackenzie Maclean | Unionist | |
| 1900 | Sir Edward James Reed | Liberal | |
| 1906 | Ivor Guest | Liberal | |
| 1910 (Jan) | David Alfred Thomas | Liberal | |
| 1910 (Dec) | Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart | Unionist | |
| 1915 by-election | Sir James Cory, 1st Baronet | Conservative | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished: see Cardiff Central, Cardiff East and Cardiff South |
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